Posted on 03/04/2011 4:01:54 PM PST by SunkenCiv
The South West has more ancient monuments than anywhere else in the country providing a rich history of how people used to live... BBC Spotlight's David George, helped by archaeologists, and enthusiasts, has been looking at bronze age sites in Cornwall... The film above covers The Hurlers on Bodmin Moor the highest part of Cornwall, Traboe Barrow -- a bronze age burial site on Goonhilly downs, and Rough Tor aerial photographs which clearly show a village of bronze age roundhouses...
One of the most visible parts of Iron Age Britain can be seen at Castle-an-Dinas near the new A30 road... a style of hill fort commonly seen in the 4th century... also evidence of two Bronze Age barrows upon which later structures and development may well have been placed...
Carn Euny ancient village can be found at Sancreed, near Land's End. It has a fine preservation of stone house foundations, and an underground passage, or fogou.
Chysauster ancient village at Madron is also near Land's End. It is smiliar to Carn Euny, but it has an even better preservation of houses.
If you're an Iron Age enthusiast, the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro has several Iron Age exhibits, including references to the tin industry that flourished in Cornwall.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Castle-an-Dinas - Roger's Tower
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That must be where the World Quidditch Cup was played...?
Thanks for the post!
Cornwall is a wonderful place. Layers and layers of history and legend.
;-{)
Joe’s back.
You missing any parts?
I get a “West Penwith Resources” stand-in graphic. But that’s for that name, more here:
http://www.google.com/images?q=Castle-an-Dinas&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi
We’re all Pro-JoeProBono.
Hey, that’s right, welcome back!
I think the problem with that first pic you linked of Penzance was, the server treated you as a Pirate.
Ah, I kill me...
:’) My pleasure, and my thanks in return.
Well, ya stumped me again. :’) I’ve never read any of those.
All I know about Cornwall I learned on Doc Martin. ( ;-D
Speaking of Cornwall, I’m reminded of the Mary Stewart novels of the Arthurian cycle, which I read, well, a long long time ago now. :’) I started with “The Crystal Cave” when I saw it in paperback in some store not usually associated with books. That one leads inexorably to Cornwall, where the denouement takes place.
There are a couple later novels of the cycle which I didn’t know about, one of which is set in Cornwall.
You are missing out on something really good. Not as good as Tolkein (as if anything could be, outside of Scriptures) but nevertheless, an awesomely good read. Especially if you start from the first book and read through to the last.
Each is like the teenaged boy who is the main character...more complex and full of angst as he ages. I would personally recommend them all to you. I suspect you won’t be disappointed. Check them out from the library or get them on Kindle, but read from the first to the last.
When you have read them all (7) let me know what you think.
England is full of magical potential. ;o]
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